Wednesday, 26th June, 11 am. Detail of the herbaceous borders at The Manor House, Upton Grey designed by Gertrude Jekyll in 1908 © Country Life In 1900 Jekyll was one of the most famous gardeners in Britain and has since become one of the most influential gardeners of all time. This exhibition will explore her […]
Art by women collected by women. An invitation for our Friends and Patrons to join us at the opening of this exhibition featuring over 100 contemporary artworks made by women artists selected from the collections of seven prominent female collectors (Leslie Balfour-Lynn, Sasha Craddock, Marian Cramer, Maryam Homayoun Eisler, Sarah Elson, Cathy Wills). Exhibition curated […]
Join us for a day out in Essex to visit the extraordinary Grade II listed, sixteenth-century, timber-framed barn that Freddie and her husband artist Ben Coode-Adams have converted into a live/work space, and the nearby gardens of Feeringbury Manor. Robins is an internationally-known maker of textile objects that explore isssues of domesticity, gender and the human […]
Dame Laura Knight with model, Ella Louise Naper ('Self Portrait')by Dame Laura Knightoil on canvas, 1913Credit line: © Reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) was one of the leading British painters of the 20th century and the first woman since the […]
Aura Satz Studio Visit: Dalston Please join us for a visit to the studio of Aura Satz, led by Stephanie Rosenthal, Chief Curator, Hayward Gallery. The work of Aura Satz encompasses film, sound, performance and sculpture. In recent years she has made a collection of films that look closely at sound visualisation through various technologies […]
7 October, 6:30-8:30 pm 6:30pm - exhibition viewing and refreshments 7:00pm - introduction to the exhibition by the curators followed by the panel discussion The Lloyds Club, 42 Crutched Friars, EC3N 2AP. Nearest tube: Tower Hill Panel Discussion with Iwona Blazwick, Cathy Wills, Valeria Napoleone and Sarah Elson Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Gallery, will lead […]
Please join us for this visit to a private collection in Kensington. Details will be sent by separate email to Patrons.
An amazing opportunity to be led by Chief Curator Stephanie Rosenthal through the two retrospectives at the Hayward Gallery, charting the work of performance artist Ana Mendieta who died in 1985 and that of the Indian artist Dayanita Singh. Ana Mendieta was a Cuban artist whose tragic death at the age of 36, for a […]
For our friends visiting London during Frieze Week, we are proud to highlight a HOST of major exhibitions featuring women artists that can't be missed! (See many more UK exhibitions featuring women on Our Picks...) Ana Mendieta at Hayward Gallery Dayanita Singh at Hayward Gallery Ayse Erkmen - Curve, Barbican Kara Walker at Campden Arts […]
4 November, 6:30-8:30 pm 6:30pm - exhibition viewing and refreshments 7:00pm - introduction to the exhibition by the curators followed by the conversation The Lloyds Club, 42 Crutched Friars, EC3N 2AP. Nearest tube: Tower Hill Sacha Craddock, art critic, writer, curator, and featured collector in 2Q13: Women Collectors, Women Artists will lead a lively evening […]
Image from our panel discussion: Women Collectors held 7 October 2013 with Iwona Blazwick, Cathy Wills, Valeria Napoleone and Sarah Elson in affiliation with 2Q13: Women Collectors, Women Artists at Lloyds Club Audience at Women Collectors: Panel Discussion held 7 October
If you are in the West End with some extra time on your hands, why don't you explore these women artists showing now: Isabella Blow at Somerset House Ann Christopher RA showing at Pangolin Anna Barriball at Frith Street Patricia Swannell at jaggedart Suzanne Treister at Annely Juda Lalla Essaydi at Kashya Hildebrand Stephanie Quayle […]
Come and explore the recent exquisite re-hang at Tate Britain through the lens of historically influential women artists. Resurrected from the stores and hung in awe with the masterful influence they had on the arc of artists to follow. We will walk through time and our guide, Kate Tiernan, will informally illuminate works with discussion […]
Join us for a curator-led tour to the Whitechapel Gallery to see German Dada artist, Hannah Höch. Our guide will be Daniel F. Herrmann, Eisler Curator & Head of Curatorial Studies at Whitechapel and curator for the exhibition. Hannah Höch Für ein Fest gemacht (Made for a Party) 1936, collage, 36 x 19.8 cm, collection […]
Sarah Elson, UK Friends of NMWA Trustee and Patron, is opening her home for one week in the launch of a series of private art commissions. For the pilot project, Elson has invited Berlin-based artist Suse Weber who will have free rein in part of Elson’s home and create a performative time-based piece that responds […]
Curator Claire Longworth will lead us through the newly opened exhibition of Men in Pants which displays Evelyn De Morgan’s skilful and creative male life drawings from her time at the Slade School of Art. She was one of the first 3 women to enrol in 1873. The Slade was the first art school in […]
An extraordinary opportunity for a private, curator-led tour of one of London’s hottest exhibitions: Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore at Somerset House – celebrating the extraordinary life and wardrobe of the late British patron of fashion and art. Born into British aristocracy, Blow’s influential career in fashion spanned thirty years, beginning as Anna Wintour’s assistant at […]
Please join us for our first Salon Series featuring experts speaking about historical women artists. We are honoured to announce that Frances Borzello, art historian, author and lecturer, will speak to UK Friends of NMWA on women artists' self-portraits through time, and help us to interpret and decode the messages being sent to the viewer. […]
An evening visit to view Valeria Napoleone's Private Collection on the 20 March 2014. This is an evening visit organised for Patrons only. If you are a Patron and you have not yet received your invitation, please email the UK Friends of NMWA at RSVP@UKFriendsofNMWA.org
Anthea Hamilton. The 23rd of August (2007), mixed media, 192 x 245 x 170cm. Galerie Fons Welters. Photo credit: Gert Jan van Rooij. This is a rare opportunity to visit Three Women Artists in their studios to see their work in progress and hear their unique perspectives. We are delighted that the artists Anthea Hamilton, […]